Subject: ISS Predictions

Following is a recent report of the International Space Station that I
made. ISS can easily be seen without aid if the weather permits. Sites
on the internet for getting orbital elements include
https://www.space-track.org (very current data from the Department of
Defense), http://celestrak.com (maintained by COL TS Kelso) and
https://www.mmccants.org (maintained by Mike McCants). The last site
contains satellite elements of classified objects.
- Jeff Stetekluh   (jeff.stetekluh@acm.org)


2024-10-08  3:37:02 AM

Station:    Stetekluh House
Latitude:   38 deg 51 min 13 sec N
Longitude:  77 deg  4 min 14 sec W
Height:     38 meters

Pass - From: Tue 2024-10-08  1:00:00 AM EDT
       To:   Fri 2024-10-18 11:00:00 PM EDT

Satellite            ISS           
Catalog Number         25544
Int Des               1998 067A  
Epoch                  2024 281.94613913  2024-10-07 22:42:26 UTC
Drag2                       0.00060656 Rev/Day^2
Drag3                       0.0000e+00 Rev/Day^3
BStar                       1.0827e-03
Ep Type                     0
Element Set               999
Inclination                51.6396 Deg
RAAN                      116.8808 Deg
Eccentricity                0.0009356
Argument of Perigee        47.4323 Deg
Mean Anomaly               95.8615 Deg
Mean Motion                15.49426003 Rev/Day
Epoch Revolution        47603

Semimajor Axis          6797.05 km
Precession              4.9524 Deg West/Day
Period                     92.94 Min
Apogee                    425.27 km
Perigee                   412.55 km

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Wed  2024-10-16  6:29:00 AM     214      3     2040     416   0.6  Illuminated
Wed  2024-10-16  6:30:00 AM     211      8     1638     415   0.2  Illuminated
Wed  2024-10-16  6:31:00 AM     205     14     1249     415  -0.4  Illuminated
Wed  2024-10-16  6:32:00 AM     194     24      895     414  -1.0  Illuminated
Wed  2024-10-16  6:33:00 AM     166     38      639     413  -1.3  Illuminated
Wed  2024-10-16  6:34:00 AM     113     40      618     413  -0.5  Illuminated
Wed  2024-10-16  6:35:00 AM      81     26      851     412   0.8  Illuminated
Wed  2024-10-16  6:36:00 AM      68     15     1197     412   1.7  Illuminated
Wed  2024-10-16  6:37:00 AM      62      8     1583     411   2.3  Illuminated
Wed  2024-10-16  6:38:00 AM      59      3     1984     411   2.7  Illuminated

         Time   EDT              Az     El    Range  Height          Satellite
DOW  YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS        Deg    Deg       km      km   Mag   Visibility

Fri  2024-10-18  6:27:00 AM     238      0     2313     415   0.7    In shadow
Fri  2024-10-18  6:28:00 AM     239      4     1901     414   0.2    In shadow
Fri  2024-10-18  6:29:00 AM     242     10     1493     414  -0.3    In shadow
Fri  2024-10-18  6:30:00 AM     246     18     1096     413  -1.0  Illuminated
Fri  2024-10-18  6:31:00 AM     254     32      733     412  -1.9  Illuminated
Fri  2024-10-18  6:32:00 AM     291     57      486     412  -2.6  Illuminated
Fri  2024-10-18  6:33:00 AM      17     47      549     411  -1.8  Illuminated
Fri  2024-10-18  6:34:00 AM      37     26      855     411  -0.3  Illuminated
Fri  2024-10-18  6:35:00 AM      43     14     1235     410   0.8  Illuminated
Fri  2024-10-18  6:36:00 AM      46      8     1636     410   1.6  Illuminated
Fri  2024-10-18  6:37:00 AM      48      3     2046     410   2.2  Illuminated